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Perry Coal Mine No 6: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Lite Coal Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Lakatos Albert S
Westover, Harrison County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606168

MSHA record for Perry Coal Mine No 6 (mine ID 4606168). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1986
Latest incident
May 1986
Ownership history
  1. Perry Coal Company 1980 to 1984
  2. Lite Coal Mining Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Perry Coal Mine No 6 sits in Harrison County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Harrison County, West Virginia · Population 65,407
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,326
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

May 12, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lite Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED HAD WAL5ED UP BESIDE MINER & WAS STANDING BESIDE IT WHEN WITHOUT WARNING HE WAS STRUCK BY FALLING MATERIAL FROM THE ROOF & RIB (12IN ROOF MATERIAL BALANCE FROM RIB)

1984 · 1 incident